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-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S16
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
index d48125d0c048..8b2bf0d3b7d1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ exception_marker:
#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3E
_GLOBAL(fsl_secondary_thread_init)
+ mfspr r4,SPRN_BUCSR
+
/* Enable branch prediction */
lis r3,BUCSR_INIT@h
ori r3,r3,BUCSR_INIT@l
@@ -196,10 +198,24 @@ _GLOBAL(fsl_secondary_thread_init)
* number. There are two threads per core, so shift everything
* but the low bit right by two bits so that the cpu numbering is
* continuous.
+ *
+ * If the old value of BUCSR is non-zero, this thread has run
+ * before. Thus, we assume we are coming from kexec or a similar
+ * scenario, and PIR is already set to the correct value. This
+ * is a bit of a hack, but there are limited opportunities for
+ * getting information into the thread and the alternatives
+ * seemed like they'd be overkill. We can't tell just by looking
+ * at the old PIR value which state it's in, since the same value
+ * could be valid for one thread out of reset and for a different
+ * thread in Linux.
*/
+
mfspr r3, SPRN_PIR
+ cmpwi r4,0
+ bne 1f
rlwimi r3, r3, 30, 2, 30
mtspr SPRN_PIR, r3
+1:
#endif
_GLOBAL(generic_secondary_thread_init)